Wan Lis, Fulap Stori : Leasing on Epi Island, Vanuatu
This study of 23 leases over land on the island of Epi is the first of the Jastis Blong Evriwan (JBE) research activities to examine land and natural resource management (L&NRM) and access to justice on particular Vanuatu islands. The research...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/540961468262139841/Wan-Lis-Fulap-Stori-leasing-on-Epi-Island-Vanuatu http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27601 |
| Summary: | This study of 23 leases over land on the
island of Epi is the first of the Jastis Blong Evriwan (JBE)
research activities to examine land and natural resource
management (L&NRM) and access to justice on particular
Vanuatu islands. The research will be repeated on the island
of Tanna. To inform the broader context of land leasing in
Vanuatu, JBE, in collaboration with the government of
Vanuatu, has begun collecting and analyzing government
land-leasing data. This process commenced in late 2009 and
will ultimately make it possible for leasing patterns in
each of the island studies to be placed in a broader
national land-leasing context. The JBE Project Framework
Document (PFD) for Vanuatu outlines a number of priority
research areas in Land and Natural Resource Management
(L&NRM) and Access to Justice. The research undertaken
on Epi Island during March 2010 investigated the way
customary groups negotiate and engage in land-lease dealings
and the type and effectiveness of mechanisms and strategies
people used to resolve disputes. This approach combined the
L&NRM and access to justice research areas in order to:
(i) document ways in which customary groups engage with the
formal system; and (ii) increase understanding of the type
of justice problems citizens face and the mechanisms and
strategies people use to enforce their rights. Integrating
these two research interests supported a more holistic
understanding of the ways in which custom landholder groups
operate in the context of legal pluralism. |
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